AnitaMcC Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 I have been researching literature books and I am so totally overwhelmed by this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am trying to find 5 books for my twins to read for their World Literature (spanning time period of 1700 to present). I just can't seem to pick them!!!!! I am trying to stay away from books with content of sexual abuse (I just don't want my teens reading this content yet) and American History perspective (we will be studying American History/Literature next year). So if anyone can help me compile a list of about 8-10 books that we can pick from, I would appreciate the help!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Hewitt has two world literature Lightning Literature programs. From their site, the works they use in World Lit I are: * Chinua Achebe (novel: Things Fall Apart) * African poetry (poems selected from This Same Sky) * Kazuo Ishiguro (novel: An Artist of the Floating World) * Poetry of the Far East (poems selected from This Same Sky) * Naguib Mahfouz (novel: Fountain and Tomb) * Middle Eastern poetry (poems selected from This Same Sky) * An autobiography of a Third-World national, to be chosen and obtained by the student, from a list of recommendations in the Guide * Poetry as Life Stories (poems selected from This Same Sky) and in World Lit II: * R. K. Narayan (India) (short stories: Malgudi Days) * Short Stories of India (short stories selected from Other Voices, Other Vistas) * Isabel Allende (Chile) (memoir: My Invented Country) * Short Stories of Latin America and Japan (short stories selected from Other Voices, Other Vistas) * Adeline Yen Mah (China) (memoir: A Thousand Pieces of Gold) * Short Stories of China (short stories selected from Other Voices, Other Vistas) * Amin Maalouf (Lebanon) (essay: In the Name of Identity) * Stories of Africa (short stories selected from Other Voices, Other Vistas) Many of these works are fairly contemporary, but they'll give you material to consider for your list. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 (edited) Two come to mind: Good Earth (well, maybe some of what you don't want...) Around the World in 80 Days Edited November 13, 2010 by Susan C. added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Two I've got in mind that might fit your criteria: Cry, the Beloved Country The Old Man and the Sea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Pride and Prejudice or other Austen Tale of Two Cities by Dickens The Moonstone Silas Marner Jane Eyre These are all British Lit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 I just re-read this book, and I had forgotten how much of this book was about sex. Not really explicit, but the description of his feelings for his wife and the mistress he takes into his home is pretty adult. I also forgot how hopeless this book was at the end when he is old. I'll wait with it until late high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liza Q Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 (edited) My 17yo senior is doing a semester of World History 1700-2000 and these are the Lit books I chose to go along with her history reading - Pilgrims Progress (as a sort of reminder of where we had left off in 10th grade - she did US History in 11th grade) - British The Sorrows of Young Werther - German On The Social Contract (excerpts) - French The Communist Manifesto - German Frankenstein - British Fathers and Sons - Russian All Quiet on the Western Front - German The Metamorphosis - German Heart of Darkness - British Mein Kampf (excerpts) German One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Russian A Thousand Splendid Sons - Afghan Things Fall Apart - Nigerian House of the Spirits - Chilean? I can't remember... Brave New World - British Next semester she is taking Economics and I will be giving her some poetry and plays from this time period, as well some more modern books. I hope that something from this list sparks your interest! ETA: I do agree that some Austen, Dickens and Bronte are important, but she has already read plenty of those. Edited November 14, 2010 by Liza Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Some of the following books my daughter read for World Literature studies she did at home. She covered 1700 to 2000 as a ninth grader. Other works she encountered in different classes she took at a homeschooling resource center, at the local community college, or simply in reading for pleasure. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy plus six sequels Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (Tr. Norman Denny) "An Occurrence at the Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Botchan by Soseki Natsume (Tr. Umeji Sasaki) All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman Animal Farm by George Orwell “The Lady or the Tiger†and “The Discourager of Hesitancy†by Frank Stockton “The Lottery†by Shirley Jackson Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (Tr. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos) The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Collected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovanni Guareschi plus 5 sequels The Mouse that Roared by Leonard Wibberley Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Fax from Sarajevo by Joe Kubert Dracula by Bram Stoker MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker The Jungle by Upton Sinclair The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien God’s Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane Germinal by Emile Zola (Tr. Peter Collier) Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo (Tr. Margaret Peden) The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (Tr. Stanley Corngold) Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 All Quiet on the Western Front - GermanThe Metamorphosis - German Heart of Darkness - British One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Russian :iagree: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (Tr. Norman Denny)All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Animal Farm by George Orwell The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (Tr. Stanley Corngold) :iagree: So many good titles here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I've been thinking about a world lit course too and liked the look of the Lightning Lit curriculum. But I also thought it would be pretty easy to put together a selection from Glencoe's free study guides. Here's the link: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/ I do wish they had one from Africa. I remember loving Cry, The Beloved Country. I might add that in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaMcC Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 Thank you so much everyone for your suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have been a great help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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